Belief it or not: How children construct a theory of mind

In this article, I briefly review theories about the development of theory mind, and then examine evidence for minimalism, idea that infants initially understand only behaviors. To end, consider need a wide variety species to predict behaviors other animals human are not unique in regard. also discuss infants' understanding behaviors, including their good statistical learning skills rich exposure patterns behavior, which correlates with acquisition mental state vocabulary. Finally, how maternal talk, as well children's evolving language self, contributes states underlie